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Arvind Kejriwal, activists detained

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Kejriwal along with about 70 activists of Rashtriya Vikalang Party (RVP) marched from Janpath to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Race Course residence, a few kilometres away, but were stopped at Rajpath crossing by police. They were later detained when they refused to disperse and staged a sit-in.

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Arvind Kejriwal and some activists were on Friday detained by police after they were stopped from marching towards the Prime Minister's residence demanding resignation and arrest of Union minister Salman Khurshid over allegations of irregularities by an NGO run by him.
(BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

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Kejriwal along with about 70 activists of Rashtriya Vikalang Party (RVP) marched from Janpath to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Race Course residence, a few kilometres away, but were stopped at Rajpath crossing by police. They were later detained when they refused to disperse and staged a sit-in.
(PTI/Kamal Singh)

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The activist announced that his day-long protest will now continue for an indefinite period. Kejriwal said they will not leave the venue till the Prime Minister met them or Khurshid resigned from the Cabinet.
(PTI/Manvender Vashist)

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Kejriwal said now this is a fight to finish and "now let's make this place another Tahrir Square".
(BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

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Kejriwal-led India Against Corruption has been maintaining that it was a protest programme by RVP and they were just guests. But after Kejriwal's protest IAC started sending text messages asking people to join the protest.
(BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)